Anderslash Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Axl Rose Fan Club (a brazilian fansite) has stated that the rights for the song "Going Down" (leaked in 2013) were sold to a band named Friendly Indians. According to them, the vocalist of this band is Tommy Stinson's bass tech. For this reason, ARFC claims that GNR would never work in this song again. Is it true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll41 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Wouldn't be surprised. Axl and Arkeen sold the rights of Crash Diet to another band way back in the early 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papashaun Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 32 minutes ago, rocknroll41 said: Wouldn't be surprised. Axl and Arkeen sold the rights of Crash Diet to another band way back in the early 90s. Yep, Asphalt Ballet....who started out as an early 90s clash of hair metal/hard rock, then tried to go more alternative for the album Crash Diet was included on....The album tanked, and the band basically broke up...But, you can hear some Axl vocals on the background of the chorus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papashaun Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 I also forgot that "Wildslide" released Crash Diet too....HUM....lot of recordings considering the song basically went no where....Just wonder how it would have done under the GnR banner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAR41 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 2 hours ago, papashaun said: Yep, Asphalt Ballet....who started out as an early 90s clash of hair metal/hard rock, then tried to go more alternative for the album Crash Diet was included on....The album tanked, and the band basically broke up...But, you can hear some Axl vocals on the background of the chorus. Wow and here I was thinking that was a cover song. Had no idea they “owned” the rights. Learn something new every day! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Propaganda Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Sounds like a lie. That site has gave us a lot of lies in the past too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderslash Posted August 16, 2018 Author Share Posted August 16, 2018 Just now, Propaganda said: Sounds like a lie. That site has gave us a lot of lies in the past too. Yes, you're right. That's why I'm asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlRoseCDII Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Wouldn’t bother me if it’s not revisited anyways. The version we got is very close to what I’d imagine the final is, minus a few mixing fixs. I’d like to hear Axl on lead of course but I’d like to hear new Axl vocals on literally anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourMother'sDruthers Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Going down is a really good song. Shouldve been on CD over Scraped, which is of course, the worst GNR song ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 6 hours ago, papashaun said: Yep, Asphalt Ballet....who started out as an early 90s clash of hair metal/hard rock, then tried to go more alternative for the album Crash Diet was included on....The album tanked, and the band basically broke up...But, you can hear some Axl vocals on the background of the chorus. Holy shit, no way. Where can I hear this? Axl should sell all his songs so we can hear them And I really like Going Down. Totally fine with Tommy on lead and the version we have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 (edited) Must have been in the last few years then, as IIRC, throughout the 11-14 tours the band wanted Tommy to do it instead of Motivation but he thought it was too hard to sing. I doubt they'd want him to do it if they'd punted the rights to someone else. Which also concerns me that if they were asking him to do it, then the rumors of Axl recording lead vocals must be false. Hopefully not though. Edited August 17, 2018 by Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonKinight Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 7 hours ago, papashaun said: Yep, Asphalt Ballet....who started out as an early 90s clash of hair metal/hard rock, then tried to go more alternative for the album Crash Diet was included on....The album tanked, and the band basically broke up...But, you can hear some Axl vocals on the background of the chorus. Axl recorded with'em? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 8 hours ago, Anderslash said: For this reason, ARFC claims that GNR would never work in this song again. This is just funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modano09 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 8 hours ago, rocknroll41 said: Wouldn't be surprised. Axl and Arkeen sold the rights of Crash Diet to another band way back in the early 90s. Is that the recorded version of Crash Diet that was floating around during the Napster days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pentatonicamenor Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 I didn't know anything about these two songs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appetite4illusions Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Asphalt Ballet is such a cool band name...anyway...their version of Crash Diet was, in my opinion, better than the GN'R demo. I don't Guns ever quite took the song seriously (Izzy supposedly loved it though and wanted on UYI) and even Axl dismissed it as something that was a cool Wes idea but nothing more. You can clearly hear Axl layered in the background of the chorus. Nice of him to lend his pipes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remcognr Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 2 hours ago, appetite4illusions said: Asphalt Ballet is such a cool band name...anyway...their version of Crash Diet was, in my opinion, better than the GN'R demo. I don't Guns ever quite took the song seriously (Izzy supposedly loved it though and wanted on UYI) and even Axl dismissed it as something that was a cool Wes idea but nothing more. You can clearly hear Axl layered in the background of the chorus. Nice of him to lend his pipes. I don’t think that’s Axl. He isn’t credited (only for co-writing the track with West Arkeen, Del James and Danny Clarke who was in this band) in the booklet either. I think the singer of Asphalt Ballet, Tommy Dean, is the one you hear doing some overdubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stro Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 The Wildside version is better than the AB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknroll41 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 9 hours ago, Modano09 said: Is that the recorded version of Crash Diet that was floating around during the Napster days? I think so but wouldn't know for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakey Styley Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Going Down is, to me, the most boring song ever released under the GNR name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Guapo Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 It wasn't released. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussTCB Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 6 minutes ago, Jakey Styley said: Going Down is, to me, the most boring song ever released under the GNR name. I've never liked it either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azifwekare Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 If this is true, then surely this is a good thing, as it would mean something is happening with regards to what to do with the CD sessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLegend Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Going Down sounds like a Village Gorilla Head out-take that just happens to have Axl on backing vocals anyway. Was it ever really going to be on an album anyway or was it just on the set list as an option for a Tommy spot while Axl rested his voice inbetween songs? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsprettytiedup Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 2018 and some people still believes Axl Rose Fa Clube. For fucks sake... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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